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‘There’s something … different.’
Heather stared out across the milling crowds in the courtyard, but her gaze was elsewhere, her eyes unfocused and troubled.
Frankle nodded. ‘It’s the crowd. It’s bigger, somehow. Maybe there was a disturbance on the far side of the courtyard we can’t see and a mass of people just moved this way all at once.’
‘No, it’s …’ Heather shook her head to clear an unwanted thought. ‘It’s not just that. There was something familiar.’ Her hand fell down to the small pack resting on her hip and her eyes widened. ‘Frankle, I need a moment. Can you go see what Daemi’s plan is for us?’
Frankle nodded quickly and strode over to where Daemi and Lodan were chatting with another soldier.
As soon as he was gone Heather dropped to her knees and rummaged frantically ins
